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it's really cool that you're so much easier to talk to now, henry! though, i hear you don't remember any of the emails that we sent you?

emails? what's an email?

It's, uh, those "Electronic Mails" that go to your "Inbox"! Sort of a private messaging system.

huh. something like a mailbox i suppose? honestly, i'd love to go open the mailbox one last time. used to complain about it so much 'cause my mom would make me do it before school haha but yeah, um, to answer your question, i don't recognize any of you, really, and i definitely haven't gotten any mail, electronic or otherwise. maybe you're thinking of someone else!

sounds good! we'll hold out on operation country roads (the emails and all) until you get closer to henry. good luck!

Thanks, pal!

hey, will. henry's in trouble; we think he's hurt. you should get there as quickly as you can; sing country songs, too; the twin is divided on them, so they might help your chances. we'll be sending messages to them – our plan is to lure them into a discord server so you can get to henry safely.

we'll start when you answer this ask – good luck and godspeed!

Oh, jeez! Hang in there, handsome! I'm almost ready to set out.

I'm takin' a lot of myself with me, so I'll only be able to walk along connected roads - not bounce all over the place like I can from here! I'll need you folks' eyes and ears to check out the road ahead where I ain't been yet and guide me closer to where he is, especially once I'm past the limits of my joint. I won't be able to take my usual avenues of communication with me on that lonely road, but I'll give ya a shout when I need guidance!

with regards to distractions, do you think we should send emails to the same address?

if so, what would be better: things that the entity only half-understands, or things it fully understands? if, that is, we're right about what it is.

Yes! That should help tons. I don't have personal experience in communicatin' with the thing, so whichever option causes more of a pain -- I know when I get a headache, there's no tellin' up from down and right from left! I mean, I don't get headaches often. But I'm guessin' that's how it'd feel!

Though if you don't wanna hurt it, I understand --if you want, you could grab its attention and pull it away from Henry's area somehow, so I can mosey on in while it's gone! Sort of like the redolence of a lovely li'l' baked pie on someone else's windowsill, if you catch my drift. Vjgtg'u uqogvjkpi yg'tg cnn chtckf vq uca ctqwpf jgtg, kup'v vjgtg?

Thank you all. I'm still puttin' things in order, but I'm plannin' to head out soon, this week's end at the earliest! I'll wait for your go-ahead, though, in case you need to tie up any loose ends first.

I'll be gone fishin' for a while, so the places I'm livin' now might fall outta order for a bit, and I sure hope things'll be different once Henry's around (or, rather, I'm around Henry!) So if ya wanna give somethin' of mine one last look or show 'em to any pals you've got, now's the time!

how long should you wait before you give up hoping for an email response?

Hmm! Depends who’s e-mailin’ and the difficulty of the things you asked them, I wager!

have you ever experimented with trying to get things out of the abime?

Ain't been successful yet! None of us have, to my knowledge.

oh, you can dream in there? what do you usually dream of?

Ah, not dream in the literal sense, more so just think about real hard and aspire for!

i've been meaning to ask! do you know who made this image? it's very cool

Composited it myself from some ol' album artwork of "Will You Miss Me"! Believe it's in the style of Aubrey Beardsley illustrations!

heya, william. i just wanted to say, i hope you get to see henry again, and make more music together. being 100% serious when i say that listening to you sing together really puts a smile on my face. anyway, have a good one!

Thank you, Will! I hope so as well. Glad our tunes brighten your day! Have a good one!

heya, william! quick question about how the abime works:

i've heard it's good to record stuff about yourself before entering the abime – having people write down how they see you and stuff. what happens if those things aren't true? could you leave things you don't like about yourself behind, or give yourself new skills?

My guess is you can leave things ya don't like, sure! I'd wager for the second, you'd believe you had these new skills, but not have the skills to prove it! Sure, I could say I played the flute, but I wouldn't have the slightest idea where to put my fingers!

Wish Henry were here. He'd know more about this -- the fella went through this himself!

have you (or any of the others) ever considered uploading any of big red box's songs to spotify? i'd love to be able to listen to them more easily!

Huh! I ain’t ever ventured that far before. Besides, I figure Henry’s gottem all stored up right now, wherever he is. But I’m sure he’d consider!

It was just you and Thomas in the abime for a while, right? Did you chat much back then?

Yup! Close as anything. The ol’ collegiate’s fairly nice company — well, better company back then than nowadays — if not a bit dull from time to time.

hiya, william! (i happen to also be a william! though i usually go by will)

i was wondering why your username has a 3 in it? it seems like @williamyew was available, so why did you switch it up?

anyway, hope you're having a nice day!

Hi, Will! Nice to make your acquaintance! The thing's for consistency across all my "platforms" and such.